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Sometimes Ugly Just Works
by Sammy Ashouri on Dec.19, 2009, under News
fka200: So, I really like to park domains. Buy ‘em, park ‘em, and twiddle my fingers. Yes, that’s my domainer career. On occasion, I sit and put together fascinating ideas for development and then, being the ‘handy man’ I am, attempt to do all this all by my lil ‘ol self (no PHP knowledge, but I’m
Amazon.com Sale on PagePlus X3 and WebPlus X2 – Website Maker Software
by Sammy Ashouri on Dec.19, 2009, under News
fka200: Amazon.com is having a sale on some software that helps you create websites. They seemed cheap enough to make it worth posting and the reviews aren’t that bad (these are direct links–NOT affiliate links). With development, you will be able to get your sites indexed and ranked in Google, thus, helping bring in more traffic…
VeriSign Announces .COM and .NET Registry Price Increase
by Sammy Ashouri on Dec.17, 2009, under News
fka200: Well, looks like a price hike has been announced. Expected, so no big surprise.
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, today announced, effective July 1, 2010, an increase in registry domain name fees for .com and .net, per its agreements with ICANN.
VeriSign a…
GoDaddy Coupon Code: 99cent Domains at GoDaddy with Coupon!
by Sammy Ashouri on Dec.15, 2009, under News
fka200: Godaddy has released another promotional coupon code so you can get your hands on a domain name for 99cents! Wooptie doo!
99cent Godaddy coupon code domain registration: BUYCOM99
Godaddy Coupon Code details:
After ICANN fee of 18cents, total price is $1.17.
Limited to one order per customer
Expires after 7,500 redemptions or on Dece…
Don’t Be Scared! AdSense Earnings Still Calculated the Same Way
by Sammy Ashouri on Dec.11, 2009, under News
fka200: The word “estimated” is now included in “Today’s [estimated] earnings $xx” within your AdSense account reports page.
BUT! Don’t be alarmed:
Rest assured these terminology changes don’t reflect a change to the way your finalized earnings are calculated. It’s simply intended to give you a…
Announcement: Above.com Experiencing Downtime
by Sammy Ashouri on Dec.11, 2009, under News
fka200: Just wanted to post that Above.com is currently down. Currently, there are no reports regarding the issue, but I just realized this after trying to figure out why some of my sites weren’t resolving. Somewhat important for me, but might be extremely important for others.
For those important domains, switch nameservers!
http://d…
Ärzte.eu – First International Domain Name Registered Under .EU TLD
by Sammy Ashouri on Dec.09, 2009, under News
fka200: EurID (.eu) launched their IDN.eu a couple hours ago. For those interested, they have also released some very interesting statistics regarding the launch. [International Domain Names]
“On 10 December at 11:00, EURid began the registration of Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs). During the first hour 38,172 IDNs under .eu were…
Hilarious Comic: How a Web Design Goes Straight To Hell
by Sammy Ashouri on Dec.03, 2009, under News
fka200: Sitting tonight, a friend asked me to help him create a website this weekend. He said he already had something in the works. Turns out that he was making a website using Office Publisher and was churning out those nasty 1995 style webpages. I had to rescue him and offered him help in exchange for
Introducing Google Public DNS: A new DNS resolver from Google
by Sammy Ashouri on Dec.03, 2009, under News
fka200: Google is introducing a new DNS resolver to try and make the web run ‘faster.’
Validity: Google Public DNS complies with the DNS standards and gives the user the exact response his or her computer expects without performing any blocking, filtering, or redirection that may hamper a user’s browsing experience.
may tr…
Congratulations, Dynadot! New Sleek Look Now Live at Dynadot
by Sammy Ashouri on Dec.03, 2009, under News
fka200:
I’m one of those customers that somehow has something to moan and groan about all the time. I’m not sure why, but I always seem to find something wrong… and always expect them fixed in a second. Yeah, yeah… bash all you want. I’m making it all good by making a “Congratulations Post” to at